Percy Hodge
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Template:Infobox sportsperson Percy Hodge (26 December 1890 – 27 December 1967) was a British athlete, winner of the 3000 m steeplechase at the 1920 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
CareerEdit
Hodge was born in Guernsey, but then moved to Weymouth and Bournemouth, finally settling in Bexhill-on-Sea. He became the National 2 miles steeplechase champion after winning the AAA Championships title at the 1919 AAA Championships.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
The following year in 1920, he retained his AAA title<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> despite his shoe fallling off in the second lap causing him to stop and lose some 100 yards, yet he won the race by a margin of 75 yards. He also finished ninth at the International Cross Country Championships and helped his team to win a first place in 1920.<ref name=r1/> Shortly after he was selected for the Olympic Games. The 1920 Summer Olympics were the first to include a (now common) 3000 m steeplechase. This was run on a grass course, unlike later competitions. Percy Hodge was the favourite, easily winning his heat and outrunning the rest of the field. He won the final in a time of 10:00.4, some 100 m ahead of second-placed Patrick Flynn from the United States. Hodge also ran in the heats of the 3000 m team event, in which Great Britain won a silver medal.<ref name=r1/>
Hodge retained his AAA title again in 1921<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and 1923.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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